New Cowan CD released at Dalton Center concert

Jan. 19, 2005

KALAMAZOO--Scott Cowan and the Western Jazz Quartet will introduce
Cowan's new CD, "Premiere," with a concert Friday,
Jan. 28, at 8:15 p.m. in the Dalton Center Recital Hall at Western
Michigan University.

Admission is free with the purchase at the door of the new
CD for $15. General admission is $10 and $5 for students and
senior citizens.

The program features a diverse mix of originals and arrangements
by Cowan. A jazz brass specialist, Cowan directs the University
Jazz Orchestra, coaches jazz combos, and teaches applied jazz
brass as well as jazz theory, improvisation, arranging, and appreciation
in WMU's School of Music.

Cowan has taught at the New England Conservatory, Berklee
College, Longy School of Music and Florida International University.
He has performed with the Ron Miller Ensemble, the Artie Shaw
Orchestra, and as a guest artist at the Glenn Miller Festival.
He has appeared with entertainers including Jack Jones, Vinny
Falcone, George Shearing Quintet, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorm
, Vic Damone, Michael Feinstein, Bobby Rydell, Diahann Carroll,
and Billy Eckstein, and as a studio musician for celebrities
such as Mike Wallace, Chris Everett, Donald Trump, Regis Philbin
and Chevy Chase.

Cowan's jazz compositions have been premiered at International
Association for Jazz Education conferences and the Boston Globe
Jazz Festival. He is a clinician/artist for Bach/Selmer, and
he has recorded with the Ken Shaphorst Big Band, Robert Cogan,
Bob Moses, the Duke Ellington Repertoire Orchestra, and the True
Colors Big Band.